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Old 08-26-2020, 02:50 AM   #592
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"...I don't recall if you covered Ron Prince's 68 Bird, which stays pretty close to the Brainerd area.It has a Line engine..."

I probably mentioned it. But may have not posted many race results for the car. I suppose the reason for that may have been that it did not post any really big qualifying numbers, or show up in the finals of lots of races, like some of the other cars mentioned here.

For SOME driver names, the DRC search function works real good. For some, not very good. And for some, not good at all.

Ron Prince's '68 shows up on DRC in 1998. So, I don't know when he started racing it.

8/22/98 - BIR Northstar Nats - #32 - .856 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1998#indextop

10/3/98 - Topeka - #26 - .760 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=43990

6/24/99 - Sears Nats - #29 - .831 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=51592

8/20/99 - BIR - #20 - .885 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r1999#indextop

8/17/01 - BIR - #44 - .685 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2001#indextop

9/8/02 - div 5-6 - #68 - .697 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2002#indextop

9/6/03 - div 5-6 - #85 - .585 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2003#indextop

He's listed driving a '69, in '04. Maybe it was just a typo on DRC, & he was really driving the '68 Bird at these races. Obviously, I don't know.

6/5/04 - div 5-2 - #54 - .536 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

8/13/04 - Lucas Oil Nats - #53 - .825 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

9/11/04 - div 5-6 - #73 - .789 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2004#indextop

He lived in MN, so he mostly raced the div 5 races & the national event at BIR.

https://www.brainerdraceway.com/facilities/drag-strip/

In '05 he was running real low 11's, in E/SA. Back then, the index was only 12.00. So, an 11.10 would give you a fairly good qualifying number, of .900 under the index. Here's a couple in the 11.10-11.12 range, in '05.

9/10/05 - Earlville - #36 .894 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2005#indextop

8/12/05 - BIR - #27 - .877 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2005#indextop

6/3/06 - div 5-2 - #28 - .815 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=115422

5/26/07 - div 5-2 - #30 - .847 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=136082

5/24/08 - div 5-2 - #30 - .796 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=158901

5/23/09 - div 5-2 - #41 - 11.85 index - .777 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=181830

8/14/09 - Lucas Oil Nats - #55 - .657 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=188968

8/13/10 - Lucas Oil Nats - #39 - .469 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=212066

The first 10 sec ET's I found for his '68 Bird were in 2011. They were 10.80's, in D/SA, which had an index of 11.55.

5/28/11 - BIR - #14 - .719 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2011#indextop

8/19/11 - BIR Lucas Oil Nats - #22 - .679 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2011#indextop

Don't know what the car's best ET is. This 10.807 is the best I've found.

6/4/16 - div 3-3 - #33 - 10.807 - .743 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=313092

8/13/16 - div 5-5 - #42 - 10.883 - .667 under

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=316804

8/19/16 - Lucas Oil Nats - #32 - 10.831 - .719 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=317027

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2016#indextop

8/18/17 - Lucas Oil Nats - #44 - 10.914 - .636 under

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=329696

In 2018, he qualified with a 10.90, survived 6 rounds of elims, at a div 5 race, but got treed in the final & had to settle for R/U.

8/12/18 - BIR - #38 - 10.906 - .644 under - R/U.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2018#indextop

Ran a 10.98 at last year's BIR nat event.

8/15/19 - Lucas Oil Nats - #46 - .566 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2019#indextop

He ran 4 div 5 Lucas Oil Series races last year, including the doubleheader at Topeka, & this one at Earlville.

9/7/19 - Earlville - #87 - 10.896 - .654 under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=356180

So, he's been racing it a long time, & has made lots of 10 sec runs. By no means the quickest '68 Stock class Bird, ever, but probably in the top 10. I don't have an accurate count. But, I assume there have been less than 10 Stock class '68 Birds, which have been able to run in the 10 sec zone. I only have 7 listed in my Stocker pics files. Hey, if ya'll know of others, please post that info.

(1) Leo Glasbrenner
(2) Bob Aceves
(3) Adam Strang
(4) Chris Stephenson
(5) Tim Gillespie/Julie Biermann
(6) Todd/Duane Hoven
(7) Ron Prince
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